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Lexicon :: Strong's H6945 - qāḏēš

Aa
קָדֵשׁ
Transliteration
qāḏēš
Pronunciation
kaw-dashe'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1990c

Strong’s Definitions

קָדֵשׁ qâdêsh, kaw-dashe'; from H6942; a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry:—sodomite, unclean.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H6945 in the following manner: sodomite (5x), unclean (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H6945 in the following manner: sodomite (5x), unclean (1x).

  1. male temple prostitute

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָדֵשׁ qâdêsh, kaw-dashe'; from H6942; a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry:—sodomite, unclean.
STRONGS H6945: Abbreviations
† I. קָדֵּשׁ noun masculine temple-prostitute (man) (compare RSProph. ii. N. 19, and see Assyrian sub √); — ק׳ Deuteronomy 23:18 [Deuteronomy 23:17]; collective 1 Kings 14:24; 1 Kings 22:47 [1 Kings 22:46]; plural קְדֵשִׁים 1 Kings 15:12; 2 Kings 23:7; Job 36:14;
[H6948 also feminine קְדֵשָׁה (woman) Deuteronomy 23:18 [Deuteronomy 23:17]; plural קְדֵשׁוֺת Hosea 4:14; = harlot, feminine singular Genesis 38:21 (twice in verse); Genesis 38:22 (J).]
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

23:17

1 Kings

14:24; 15:12; 22:46

2 Kings

23:7

Job

36:14

H6945

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6945 matches the Hebrew קָדֵשׁ (qāḏēš),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:17 - No daughter of Israel is to let herself be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give himself to a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:24 - And more than this, there were those in the land who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, doing the same disgusting crimes as the nations which the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:12 - Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away all the images which his fathers had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:46 - He put an end to the rest of those who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, all those who were still in the land in the time of his father Asa.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:7 - And he had the houses pulled down of those who were used for sex purposes in the house of the Lord, where women were making robes for the Asherah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:14 - They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.
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